The next day, at the court meeting, the ministers knelt down and saluted, and watched the Han Emperor Liu and Hong ascend the emperor's throne under the escort of Yu Lin Lang and Hu Ben Lang and began the court meeting.

After all, Taiping Road has just been pacified, and the aftermath of the world has been reported, so it takes a lot of time to discuss. Of course, the main discussion today is still the issue of the reward of the Han army for quelling the chaos in various places, as well as the Liangzhou rebellion that has just appeared.

After several discussions, the former is almost over, and there are only a few people left, and the ministers of the court have different opinions on the question of whether they should be convicted or rewarded, so they have pacified the Taiping Road for nearly half a month, and the holy decree has not yet been issued.

And the latter, the officials and ministers surprisingly did not pay too much attention to it, even if some of them could already foresee in their hearts that this time the Han and Qiang people jointly conspired to rebel, which may be more harmful and far-reaching than the previous three Qiang rebellions, but they did not take it to heart.

Perhaps Liangzhou is too far away from them, so far away that the hundred officials and ministers who have lived in Chengping Luoyang City for a long time are tired of war; Or perhaps, the huge financial expenditure spent on pacifying Liangzhou over the years has made them dare not mention the matter of quelling the chaos anymore.

Chaos, just chaos, anyway, if it is chaotic, as long as it does not threaten the safety of the Jingshi, let them toss in the bitter cold land of Liangzhou, and the Western Regions are no longer there, and now it doesn't matter if you want Liangzhou or not.

In fact, in the original history, the Liangzhou rebellion was uncertain for a long time, and the ministers of the Han Dynasty saw this, in order to reduce the pressure on the government and control the fiscal deficit, some people even proposed to the emperor to abandon Liangzhou.

At this moment, the Han monarchs and ministers are deliberately forgetting that compared with the Taiping Dao threat to the Central Plains, the Liangzhou chaos has become a small trouble.

If it weren't for the fact that Han Sui and Bian Zhang led troops to invade Sanfu next year, threatening the safety of the imperial mausoleum of the former Han Emperor, and even allowing Jingshi Luoyang to face the threat of the rebels in Liangzhou, and completely shattering the dream of the Han monarchs and ministers to forget Liangzhou, I am afraid that Liangzhou has been in chaos.

It is precisely because of this that in the face of the safety of the Beijing Division, the monarchs and ministers of the Han Dynasty unexpectedly agreed with Huangfu Song, the first hero of the pacification of the Taiping Road, to lead the troops to guard the three auxiliaries. After that, there was a story about Huangfu Song taking the pardoned Dong Zhuo to lead troops to quell the rebellion, and there was a story about Dong Zhuo beginning to slowly accumulate strength and finally reach the top.

"Lu Zhi's matter, Jizhou Mu Song has already said, the strategy of the planter, and Song are all using strategies to achieve success, which can be seen that the former was the fault of the imperial court. Spread the decree, edict to plant innocence, and revert to the book. Liu Hong's face was flushed, although he was weak when he spoke, but his tone still revealed the power of the Han Emperor, so that the ministers had to surrender.

"No!"

Seeing that the ministers had no objections, Liu Hong continued: "Lu Zhi is not guilty, then what Dong Zhuo planned was a defeat of the army, but he had a lot of small merits in the frontier, and his crime remained unchanged. ”

This remark immediately aroused heated discussions among the ministers, Lu Zhi was originally a famous Qing scholar, a great Confucian and a high-ranking disciple, and naturally had no objection to the emperor no longer punishing Lu Zhi.

However, when it came to Dong Zhuo, he continued to punish crimes, which made many courtiers bad, after all, although Dong Zhuo was a border general and a martial artist, and he was actually incompatible with these scholars, but it was a coincidence that Dong Zhuo was once recruited by Situ Yuan Kui as a Peng official, the ironclad former official of the Yuan family, which made him stand on the side of the Yuan family in terms of identity, and stood on the side of the party people.

It is precisely because of this relationship that after Lu Zhizhi was punished, Dong Zhuo was elected as Lu Zhi's successor by the ministers, otherwise, with Dong Zhuo's identity as a military general with no background in Guanxi, how could he be so recommended by a scholar who has always looked down on military generals?

However, it was probably fed up with these ministers who looked down on themselves on the one hand, and relied on themselves very much on the other, so after they were finally deceived by the scholars, Dong Zhuo would kill them on a large scale, and even his old master Yuan Kui did not hesitate to destroy his full door.

Of course, at this moment, the first person to speak out against it was Dong Zhuo's former master, Situ Yuan Kui.

I saw that Yuan Kui got up and saluted: "Your Majesty, no!" Although the criminal minister Dong Zhuo had a negligent act, it was not a fault of war, and if he carried out Lu Zhi's scheme, he would be punished by the imperial court, so he was guilty, but it was not a major crime, and it could not be dealt with according to the original sin. ”

Yuan Kui's subordinates, now only Dong Zhuo, a battlefield general who is still a big man, is naturally reluctant to let Dong Zhuo continue to suffer, and he also wants Dong Zhuo to consolidate the military capital for their Yuan family after pacifying the Taiping Road. As an old fritter in the court, Yuan Kui naturally knew that it was far from enough for the Yuan family to maintain his position as the first gate valve today only by relying on those scribes and former officials, and it was necessary to have military generals and former officials.

Looking at the armies, there are very few candidates in the army who can meet the requirements of Yuan's political investment. After all, people such as Fu Quan, Huangfu Song and others were either from Jiangmen or from noble relatives, how could they go to vassal Yuan? Moreover, even if they were vassals of the Yuan clan, would the Yuan clan really believe these two people?

Among the remaining potential generals, for the Yuan family, there are only Dong Zhuo and Zhu Jun. Among these two, the latter started better than Dong Zhuo, had already made military exploits, and had already been made a marquis, even if he was born in a poor family, the Yuan family wanted to accept it a lot worse, so only Dong Zhuo, the former, was in line with the fundamental interests of the Yuan family.

After all, although the Dong family is also a small general in the northwest, and his father Dong Junya once served as the county lieutenant of the Lun clan in Yingchuan County, but there is no doubt that this kind of county lieutenant in charge of the army is far behind the Huangfu Song family, and it is not worth mentioning at all. Even though Dong Zhuo and the emperor's biological mother, the Empress Dowager Dong, have a relationship that has turned a lot of corners, it is obvious that for the emperor and the empress dowager, he is still just a passerby.

Therefore, for various reasons, Dong Zhuo is the most suitable person for the Yuan family to be attracted and cultivated, and he was originally sentenced to "commutation of the death penalty", which also shows that Dong Zhuo's crime is huge, which is also the reason why Yuan Kui took the initiative to get up and plead.

However, even though there was Situ Yuan Kui's plea, the emperor was still unmoved and coldly refused, it seems that for Liu Hong, merit is merit, and passing is passing, and there is nothing to plead or not plead.

Helpless, Yuan Kui could only respond, but in his heart, he was thinking about going back to discuss with his nephew how to rescue Dong Zhuo, believing that this nephew who had endured for so long should not want to lose Dong Zhuo, a good candidate to enter the army.

However, just as Yuan Kui was thinking about it, he heard the emperor in the hall speak again: "Taiping Daoding, Yellow Turban Thief Ping, the previous court has changed the yuan, but I am uneasy, and the people suffer from this suffering, so I ordered an amnesty for the world next month, and those who only seek rebellion are unforgivable." ”

One sentence directly interrupted Yuan Kui's train of thought, his eyes widened, and his face showed incredulity, he didn't understand, the emperor had just said that he would continue to punish Dong Zhuo before, why did he let him go now? This change is inevitably too fast!

Now, Emperor Liu Hong said that except for the rebels, he would amnesty the world and pardon everyone's crimes, and Dong Zhuo was of course among them, and he Yuan Kui gave up his face-saving plea, but he didn't get anything, which of course made Yuan Kui's untrustworthy face even more humiliated.

However, the wood was already in the boat, Yuan Kui wanted to ask what happened, and it was estimated that no one could tell him, after all, Dong Zhuo was able to save people by the emperor's special language trap, and he obviously paid a big price.

In addition to the emperor's west residence, there is also Dong Zhuo's cheap relative and the queen's biological mother, both of whom were given great gifts by Dong Zhuo, so in the eyes of the emperor and the Empress Dowager Dong, although Dong Zhuo is guilty, he can also be punished for meritorious service, so Liu Hong must protect him. Therefore, Liu Hong first reprimanded Liu Hong, and then suddenly made a big turn, the reason for this is naturally to not arouse the courtiers to suspect that he has a ghost, it is really a Taiping Dao chaos, and it also lets the courtiers know the real money income of the West Mansion, so that those scholars who can't touch the money become very concerned about the amount of money.

Therefore, this is the play directed and acted by Liu Hong, in order to make the courtiers guess whether Dong Zhuo bribed the king or not.

After the matter of Lu Zhi and Dong Zhuo passed, Liu Hong said: "What do you think about the Liangzhou rebellion?" His topic changed quickly, and many courtiers didn't keep up with the rhythm, and even if they could keep up with the rhythm, they only had a mixed time of watching their eyes and nose and their noses, waiting to understand what Liu Hong said.

At the first time, after Liu Hong finished speaking, several courtiers who understood stepped forward to salute and admonish, advising the emperor not to care about the war in Liangzhou, and only to defend Sanfu. As for Liangzhou, you only need to learn from the precedent of this dynasty and move those people of Liangzhou to Sanfu, when the time comes, there will only be a ruined Liangzhou, even if Han Sui and Bian Zhang are strong, but in the face of Liangzhou, which has become a ruin, how can the two of them develop?

These courtiers said that Liangzhou was remote and sparsely populated, and now the Qiang and Han people are in chaos, and the momentum is far greater than the previous wars...... and other reasons, resigned the court to quell the rebellion, and in the court, although there were courtiers who saw this angry reprimand, more people chose to remain silent and did not say a word.

Until a few people finished speaking, when the emperor's face was unhappy, Wei Wei suddenly got up and said: "The chaos in Liangzhou is afraid that there will be the trouble of the Han and Qiang wars in the past. ”

"What Fu Qing said is reasonable, but now that the Taiping Road has been decided, the court is empty, how to calm it? Do you have a good plan? Seeing Fu finish speaking, Liu Hong raised his eyebrows, revealing a deep meaning, and said with a little playfulness.

Fu Quan just gave him a letter asking for war today, today Fu Quan's uncle changed his past few words, and took the initiative to talk about side affairs with himself, if these two things are not related, Liu Hong will not believe it at all, he wants to find out what the hell this uncle and nephew are doing, and even take the initiative to seek good advice from Fu Wan, who has never mentioned Bian Ce.

"Back to Your Majesty, the world of Liangzhou is going to rush today, and the country is guarded. Gaozu was at the beginning of the rise, so that Li Shang did not set Longyou; Zongshi expanded the realm, listed four counties, and the speaker thought that the right arm of the Xiongnu was broken. The loss of peace in the Imaki Imperial Court made a state rebellious, and the sea was in turmoil, and His Majesty could not sleep. If the ministers are done thinking about the country, they will be able to live here, and they will be strong because they think that they are chaotic, and the world is worried, and the society is deeply worried. Therefore, Liangzhou must not be chaotic, and if there is chaos, the good will be peaceful. ”

Fu Wan quoted the scriptures and said: "The former Jin Dynasty mourned the matter of Qi Huangyang, and it can be seen that the monarch lacks virtuous ministers and good generals, and the ministers should try their best to raise it." Therefore, the sage said: 'The external move does not avoid the enemy, the internal move does not avoid the son', the present minister finished raising the nephew, Pingkou Zhonglang will be the general of Quan, and led the troops to Xizhou to quell the chaos, and the outside of the expedition to fight Xianbei, the inside is several times to quell the chaos, the merits are remarkable, the court has a number of soldiers, and the former Liangzhou famous general Duan Jiming passed on, knows well that the strategy of fighting with the Liangzhou Qiang soldiers, is the old minister risking death! ”

In the end, Fu Wan bowed deeply, but after his words, the Manchu Dynasty was criticized, because Fu Wan recommended Fuquan to lead the troops to quell the chaos, which is really worthy of deep thought by the Manchu courtiers.

After all, after all, the Fu family is a foreign relative, although it is very common for a foreign relative to lead troops in the Han Dynasty, but it also depends on the situation. Now, after Fu Wan, a person who has never been in charge of the army to quell the chaos, can say such a national policy, and he is particularly enthusiastic to recommend Fu Quan as a general, which has to make the courtiers doubt the intentions of Fu's uncle and nephew.

And the people of the He clan, the Yuan clan and other forces jumped out to refute it for the first time, although they didn't care about the chaos in Liangzhou, and they didn't want to quell the chaos, after all, how difficult the Qiang people were to deal with, just think about the Han and Qiang Hundred Years War. But these profoundly maintain a political viewpoint, that is, what the opponent wants, he must stop it, even if he doesn't need it, he can't do it.

What's more, Fu Wan recommended his nephew so enthusiastically, didn't this let them catch Fu Shi's handle?

Therefore, immediately a vassal of the Yuan clan said: "Back to Your Majesty, the sage's words 'external actions do not avoid hatred, internal actions do not avoid children', although it is not the words of the sages, but it is not used today. Now the dynasty is flourishing, first there is the merit of sweeping away Xianbei, and then pacifying the Taiping Road Yellow Turban Moth thief, this is all Guangwu Zhongxing, there has never been a grand event, how can Fu Weiwei say that the country has no general? ”

Speaking of this, the Lang suddenly became fierce and said: "Jizhou Mu Song, originally the nephew of the famous general Huangfu Gui in Liangzhou, knows the border affairs of Liangzhou, and he has the great merit of pacifying the Taiping Road. As Fu Weiwei said, the Han side has no choice now, isn't it a joke? The minister is stupid, and dares to ask what Wei Wei said, compared with Qi Huangyang, who is the public? Who's for selfishness? If it is selfish, what is his heart? ”

In a word, it can be described as a heart-wrenching, and immediately let Fu Wan be furious, and roared at the speaker in the hall: "Traitor! If you slander my family, your heart can be punished! ”